Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Judging by the number of bids that these top selling auctions brought in it looks like we have ourselves a bidding war. The way these things usually go is that if the minimum bid is very modest then it encourages the magic of the eBay auction to get to work. Some sellers opt for a high minimum bid figuring that they only need 1 bid (the winning one) to go home happy. That clearly happened on the auction for the communications center. Before you click the links make a mental guess as to what they sold for after the furious bidding ended.
ITALIAN DAGGER, ITALIAN KNIFE, MVSN, FASCIST
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Well one of today's auctions prove that when it comes to vintage collectibles condition is everything. Take for example the German smock below. The vigorous bidding and high price paid are indicative of the premium collectors will pay for clean pieces in extremely good condition. All of these auctions can lay claim to being among the top listings to sell in the German category of eBay over the last month. Considering that 4/5 sold for over $2k that is a pretty good list!
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Of the best selling listings in the German subcategory over the last thirty days 4/5 were auctions. In fact all four of those started with minimum bids of $10 or less and finished well above $1k. In fact to see the amount of bids that the helmets especially got you can see that the magic of the auction format was at work. The top selling auction below had four different bidders chip in during the last ninety seconds. Another auction had some serious insurance bids. The high bidder on the should boards grabbed the lead with 3 days to go. He must have been pretty nervous about keeping it because he came back six more times to increase his high bid.
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
The top selling German listings in WWII were a mix of auctions and BIN items. I was surprised to see that none of these items were the traditional items you see like old uniforms, classic helmets or the like. Considering that each of these great pieces sold for north of $1k then they are worth a look.
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
One of the words that sellers love to use in their WWII listings is "named". Whenever possible they slip this one in to indicate they can place the provenance of an item from the period. So with this blog post I ask the question, what is a name worth? I checked in to the sales on eBay from the last month to see just how much those five letters buy you on an eBay auction. Click on these listings and see if that adjective helped boost the bottom line.
